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Read Works: Creepy Cave Crawlers

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about twenty-seven new species of insects found in caves in central California. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Dig This!

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about learning history by studying fossils and rocks. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Dinosaur Discovery

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text dinosaur fossils found on an island in Germany. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Get Ready for Winter

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...
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Read Works: First Ladies

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the women leaders of Chile, Sirleaf of Liberia, and Germany. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Not So Loony Toons

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about editorial cartoons and how they use symbolism, exaggeration, humor, and caricature. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Great Lakes? Not for Long

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems in the Great Lakes including: toxic substances, over fishing, invasive species, and more. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: Hook, Line, and Sinker

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...
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Read Works: Hidden Habitats

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about an endangered species of bats found in a cave in Oklahoma. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Explore the Seashore

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different animals that can be found along the seashore including: crabs, seals, sand dollars, sea gulls, and sea stars. A question sheet is available to help students build...
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Read Works: Mohawk Monkey Discovered

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the highland mangabey, a new species of monkey found in Tanzania. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Growing Up Long Ago

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text telling what it was like to be a child 200 years ago. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: From Pet to Threat

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems caused by importing exotic animals into new environments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fashion Do or Don't

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about school uniforms and whether students should be required to wear them or not. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: On Hallowed Ground

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the battle of Gettysburg and efforts being made to preserve famous battlefields. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Big Burger Battle

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about three states battling over the right to be called the birthplace of the hamburger. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Mosquitoes Don't Bug These Monkeys

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some South American monkeys who have learned how to make mosquito repellent. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Up to Speed

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the science behind roller coasters, including Kingda Ka, one of the tallest and fastest roller coasters in the world. A question sheet is available to help students build...
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Read Works: Focus on Scientists

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different types of scientists including: an inventor, a forensic scientist, an astronomer, a primatologist, and more. A question sheet is available to help students build...
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Read Works: Money Matters

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how paper money is printed, held, and delivered. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Honoring King

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the holiday we have to honor him. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Earth 2072

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about what school might be like in the future. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Let's Explore Caves!

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about caves and some of the animals that call them home. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: New Lives for Old Buses

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about old school buses being used for public transportation in Kinshasa, the capital of Congo. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.